Killarney lies on the north shore of Georgian Bay and was once a busy commercial fishing village. It wasn’t until 1962 that it was accessible to vehicles. It now relies mostly on tourism and is known as the eastern gateway to the North Channel. This is the view leaving Killarney; the S. La Cloche Range is in the distance.
I thought this picture was noteworthy because the sun came out late morning, the first time we’d seen it in awhile.
The North Channel Waterway stretches some 160 nautical miles from Sault Ste. Marie, MI to Killarney and is known as one of the world’s finest cruising grounds. We had some pretty stiff winds but were able to sail a lot of the way to Baie Fine (pronounced Bay Finn), the only fjord in North America. We were able to sail most of the ten miles to our anchorage with the genoa only and the wind at our stern – so peaceful.
We went the 10 miles to the end of the Bay and anchored in The Pool. There were about 11 boats there for the night and only 3 were power boats. Here’s a view of part of the shoreline from our dinghy.
We dinghied to shore and hiked up the marked trail to Topaz Lake. A lot of the trail followed a dry creek bed.
We didn’t find any blueberries as we'd hoped but there is a gorgeous view of the lake. A few boaters who came up after us took a swim but we weren’t moved to do that.
When we pulled up anchor to leave the Pool, we also pulled up the biggest clump of grass we’d ever encountered. Here's Paul working on untangling the chain and anchor. It took awhile!
We anchored that night in another scenic spot off Heywood Island with a few other boats. Next stop Little Current.
I thought this picture was noteworthy because the sun came out late morning, the first time we’d seen it in awhile.
The North Channel Waterway stretches some 160 nautical miles from Sault Ste. Marie, MI to Killarney and is known as one of the world’s finest cruising grounds. We had some pretty stiff winds but were able to sail a lot of the way to Baie Fine (pronounced Bay Finn), the only fjord in North America. We were able to sail most of the ten miles to our anchorage with the genoa only and the wind at our stern – so peaceful.
We went the 10 miles to the end of the Bay and anchored in The Pool. There were about 11 boats there for the night and only 3 were power boats. Here’s a view of part of the shoreline from our dinghy.
We dinghied to shore and hiked up the marked trail to Topaz Lake. A lot of the trail followed a dry creek bed.
We didn’t find any blueberries as we'd hoped but there is a gorgeous view of the lake. A few boaters who came up after us took a swim but we weren’t moved to do that.
When we pulled up anchor to leave the Pool, we also pulled up the biggest clump of grass we’d ever encountered. Here's Paul working on untangling the chain and anchor. It took awhile!
We anchored that night in another scenic spot off Heywood Island with a few other boats. Next stop Little Current.
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